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Source audit

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounCommon term

In journalism & media, source audit means: A systematic review of the people and organisations quoted or consulted in an outlet's reporting.

In Turkish: haber kaynakları denetimi

How it is used

Use for reviewing patterns across coverage, including whose expertise and experiences are represented.

Example sentences

  1. The source audit found that most housing stories quoted officials but few tenants.

    Aggregate patterns can reveal missing perspectives across otherwise accurate stories.

  2. After the source audit, editors widened the list of people approached for economic coverage.

    The review informs future sourcing choices rather than changing a source's words.

Common collocations

  • conduct a source audit
  • newsroom source audit
  • source audit findings
  • sourceA person, document or organisation that gives a journalist information for a story; also the place where a piece of information comes from.
  • biasAn unfair preference for or against a person, group or idea that affects how a story is chosen, written or presented.

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